Roughly six million Jews. Six million Jews were exterminated by Nazi Germany. Ever since I learned this as a young girl; ever since I can remember, one question persists: How did no one stop it sooner? How was this even possible? How did so many people simply obey? It felt implausible that a human being could go home at night and fall into a peaceful sleep after inflicting so much suffering. Inconceivable that an entire army could agree to carry out one egotistical, despicable, small man’s wish. How did so many people just… agree? How did cruelty become routine? How did obedience outweigh conscience? And yet, for a long time,…